Sarah Quartel Songbook - upper voices
for upper voices in two to four parts, with piano or unaccompanied The Sarah Quartel Songbook brings together a selection of the composer's best-loved pieces for upper voices, including favourites such as The Birds' Lullaby and I remember, as well as a new setting of Sara Teasdale's life-affirming poem Refuge. This is an invaluable resource both for choirs looking to explore the work of this fine choral composer for the first time and for admirers of Quartel's style hoping to find staple repertoire conveniently gathered together in one volume
for upper voices in two to four parts, with piano or unaccompanied
The Sarah Quartel Songbook brings together a selection of the composer's best-loved pieces for upper voices, including favourites such as The Birds' Lullaby and I remember, as well as a new setting of Sara Teasdale's life-affirming poem Refuge. This is an invaluable resource both for choirs looking to explore the work of this fine choral composer for the first time and for admirers of Quartel's style hoping to find staple repertoire conveniently gathered together in one volume
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Dedicated, with love, to Andrew Potter,<br />
who commissioned this piece for Jan Spooner Swabey and JuSSt Voices<br />
The Birds’ Lullaby<br />
21<br />
E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913)<br />
SARAH QUARTEL<br />
SOPRANO 1<br />
Playful and light, yet tender q = 112<br />
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& # 4<br />
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J J J SOPRANO 2 & # 4<br />
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doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo<br />
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ALTO 1<br />
ALTO 2 ¢ & # 4 œ j ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ œ œ œj ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ œ œ œ j ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ œ œ œj ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ œ œ<br />
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& # Ó œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ j œ œ Œ ‰ œ J<br />
œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ j œ œ<br />
Sing<br />
to us, ce - dars;<br />
the twi - light is creep - ing<br />
& # œ<br />
J ‰ œ J ‰ œ J ‰ œ J ‰ œ j ‰ œ j ‰ œ j ‰ œ - œ j ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ œ j ‰ j œ ‰ œ j ‰ œ-<br />
doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo<br />
¢ & #<br />
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‰ œ<br />
œ j ‰<br />
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doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo<br />
9<br />
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& # Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ j œ œ œ œ J<br />
œ œ J<br />
œ œ œ w<br />
With sha-dow-y<br />
gar - ments, the wil-der-ness<br />
through;<br />
& #<br />
œ j ‰ j œ<br />
‰<br />
œ j ‰ œ- œ j ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ œ -<br />
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doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo through;<br />
for online perusal only<br />
doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo<br />
Also available in a version for SATB unaccompanied (978 – 0 –19 –354369 – 0).<br />
© Oxford University Press 2018. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.<br />
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Duration: 3 mins
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